Wolf's Bane 2 - Saturday, 12th July 2014
Let’s get on with the 2nd day and the day the “real“ action started, shall we? :P
Like I already said: I didn’t sleep a minute that night and I’m really surprised that I didn’t feel the exhaustion that much after I was finally dressed and we were all ready to go. Which was around 8:30 or something like that…
We didn’t think we needed to be THAT early, but we wanted to check out the Dealer’s room before the Opening Ceremony. Which we did as soon as we arrived at the Hilton Hotel. They had started to sell coffee lounges when we arrived there around 9 and for a moment there I was considering getting one but when I saw the long line I didn’t…
So just as an info: I didn’t buy a single coffee lounge that weekend, although some of them didn’t even sell out and I probably could have, but I didn’t want to put myself into even more stress and thought the money would be better spent on pictures and such, so there’s that… ;-)
I was extremely worried I have to say since the Autographs on Saturday morning would clash with the photo shoots completely and I had no idea how I could make it all work.
Especially when they started with announcements and said that everything was called in group and everyone had to just get to autographs/shootings etc. when their group gets called. Not earlier. They also said that photos would get called in the “backwards direction”, starting with K (which personally, I thought would be kind of unfair) while autographs would call in the “right” direction starting with Upgrades and A. It sounded all REALLY confusing and I had NO idea if I could get all of this done and HOW so to speak.
I was group B and they also said that the first photo shooting of that day - the one with Daniel - would start later because he’s not there yet and that there will be absolutely no queuing in the hallways or they would be shutting down the whole convention, so all of this sounded REALLY serious.
After the announcement they started the opening ceremony introducing all the guests on stage and let me tell you: They were many *lol* I mean, 10 guests. I didn’t manage to get them on one photo altogether. My camera can’t do those panorama shoots and so yeah… I had to take 2 pictures to get them all… but they looked so good and it made me so happy to see all of them and really excited.
(Announcements)
(Opening Ceremony)
But I was also nervous about Daniel’s shooting since it would be the first one to happen. During Tyler’s panel, which started right after the opening ceremony.
Seriously, this guy is SUCH a sunshine and he makes me smile so much whenever he opens his mouth. I know this sounds probably stupid but I don’t feel attracted to him a “oh my god he’s so hot” way. I mean, he is good looking and I really like him and I like his smile and everything, but it’s not that “OMG, I’m blown away” feeling I have with - for example - Daniel. But I really, really love him and I love the answers he gives.
I was starting to get nervous when - against what they said - no announcements came on the screen, really feeling anxious to miss Daniel’s shooting, and so in between the panel I got up and looked for a Rogue Staff member. I found Flash and he told me not to worry and just to keep seated because they WOULD announce everything but Daniel was running late and he hadn’t even started, so I shouldn’t worry.
(Tyler's Panel on Saturday - just a couple of pics :D)
Believe me when I tell you, a huge sigh of relief left me when the first announcement came on the screen (which was Upgrades and Group K should come to the shooting). It felt like forever - though - until they FINALLY, after calling group E for the shooting, wrote “All groups called for Daniel Shooting” and I could go there. I left my bag at the seat with Isabel and Fiona, since neither of them had photos with Daniel, neither Seth, who would have his shooting right after him.
I was quite sure, if it would go this way all the time I would probably see a lot of the panels. Oh how wrong I was.
I did manage to watch most of Tyler’s panel, though… but of course I missed everything else that happened this morning, which were Stephen’s panel, Seth’s panel, Ian’s panel and Daniel’s panels, but I mean, that’s okay, I think.
I started lining up for Daniel in the room and he was of course already pretty busy doing poses and I actually had a pose chosen for our picture and printed out. The closer I got to him, the more nervous I got. Especially seeing how close the photographer was and how rushed it seemed. But not rushed enough not to pose. At least that’s something.
Rogue put up some “rules” before the convention writing something like “no posing at all at the photo shoots” but somehow they didn’t follow through with that rule. FORTUNATELY. Because seriously. I had 2 pictures with Holland and such and I really didn’t wanna just switch sides or something like that.
Anyways… when I walked over to Daniel he smiled at me, saying “Hello again!” and I said “You remember me?” and he replied “Of course I remember you, how could I not?” - OMG, I think my heart skipped a beat in that moment. He asked me what I wanted to do and I showed him the pose. Which was supposed to be him wrapping me in his arms really tightly. Like he did with Allison in that volt in Season 3. That was also the pose I showed him. But in the “original” picture he was supposed to have his hand on my head, but he was scared to mess up my flowers and so he said he would just hold me really tight and I squished against him and well… it felt good to be held so tight. I even remembered to have my hands against his chest and not around him and so I felt pretty confident about the picture itself, hoping it would be good. Which in the end it wasn’t, but more about that later.
Before I left he said “Thanks again for the fanbook” and I said “I hope you liked it” and he replied “I really, really loved it. And I appreciated it so much. It’s so awesome how you put everything together. I was over the moon. Like seriously.
(I took a handy photo of my 1st photo op with Daniel, but like I said, I really didn't like it very much and was unhappy with it mostly!)
Before I left I got a card and they told me I would need it later to collect my picture, and only after I had left the room I noticed that they must have made a mistake because it was a key card for some room *lol* I put it in my bag, though, deciding to ask them later.
I found a Rogue Steward telling her that I had another shooting right after this one - the one with Seth - asking her what to do. If I should just wait or go back into the panel room and wait for the announcements.
She told me to get back into the Panel room and just come back in 15 to 20 minutes. Which of course was okay and this way I caught parts of Stephen’s panel. God, that guy is SO funny and sweet and adorable. I don’t remember anything in particular. But I do know that he was just as great as everyone else that weekend.
(A few pictures taking during Stephen's panel :D)
Obviously Rogue hasn’t sold that many Seth pictures because instead of announcing the groups - like they did with Daniel - they wrote on the screen “All groups get to the Seth Shooting” - so after the announcements I left Fiona and Izzie again (leaving my bag there) to get my Seth picture. And there REALLY weren’t that many people when I walked over and lined up.
Basically NO ONE was doing any pose. Most of the people just stood next to him, not even getting a hug and so I was REALLY insecure if I should ask him for ANYTHING. I hadn’t printed out a pose or anything like that, mostly because I just didn’t know how cool he would be with it, since he hasn’t really done conventions before, but I wanted at least a hug. And the closer I got to him, the more insecure I got. Damn it *lol*
When it was finally my turn I DID look at him and he smiled at me and I said “I don’t know if you’re up for any poses or such but I’d really like a hug from behind” and he replied with “Why wouldn’t I be?” and I said “Because you didn’t before” and he said “Because no one asked me for anything” - so yeah, that’s one way to put it *lol* So I was just happy when he went for it and hugged me from behind. Damn, it felt really good to be held in his strong arms, and he’s really strong and held on pretty tightly. I thanked him, told him he was awesome and he said that this is really nice to say and then I left, collected my card (this time the real one. It just said “Saturday shooting, Group G” - which is basically the “SD Card” they used for the printing. It was easy to find each picture that way since later for collecting them they had different “piles” and all put a post it with the letter above it… so yeah, I thought that was a really awesome way to do it and no one had to search for long.
(not really happy with my huge double chin and everything on this picture...)
After leaving the photo shoot room, I AGAIN walked up to the Rogue girl (the same than before) asking her if I should do it like last time again, but she told me Seth would be done within minutes and that they would get right on with Ian. That if I left I should be back pretty soon and so yeah… I went to the panel room, telling Fiona and Isabel that we probably should get going since Ian’s shooting would start soon. And so we all grabbed our bags (everyone of us had a picture with him) and then got into the hallway, where we found out that Seth was already done and Ian would be here soon.
I am NOT really sure it was the right way to handle the shootings, but that Rogue girl was probably supposed to be letting people in in groups again, but somehow she didn’t. She didn’t even ask for groups when people were let into the room (they made a queue in S-form, so there were a lot of people in the room at once) but we were pretty much at the front of the line.
I had another picture printed out for my Ian pose, and Isabel “shared” one Ian picture with me. She hadn’t planned on getting an Ian picture before the Con and she wouldn’t have been able to afford one all by herself and so she asked me if I was willing to pay 10 £ and get in the picture with her (which is definitely possible with Rogue and you still only need 1 coupon, but only get 1 photo either), and OF COURSE I was… I mean, it meant 2 pictures with Ian.
We had already figured out a pose for our “double” either… and were pretty excited to get it done. And when it was our turn I walked up first for my picture with Ian. I wanted a “Hayley/Elijah” pose (kind of) with Ian kissing me on the forehead and he said “I’d love to do that, really, but I’m not allowed to kiss” (which I don’t know WHY, because most of the other guys DID kiss, so yeah, but I guess everyone has his own “rules” with the management), and so I said “Okay, it’s fine, wanna do something else then?” and he said “Well, we can do the pose and I just act as if I’m about to kiss you” - and I said “yeah, sure” - and seriously, I’m SO happy with that pose. It looks really good and the look on Ian’s face… he did a damn fine job.
Next Isabel walked up to us and we told Ian that we had another picture, this time together and since we didn’t know how to describe the pose, we had it printed out as well. It was basically Ian holding me really tight and Isabel trying to pull him away from me. That picture turned out PERFECTLY. Like seriously. I laughed my ass off when we collected it :D (Isabel has the physical copy but I took a picture of the picture) - Ian is REALLY the absolute best.
(my double picture with Isabel and Ian :D I just love his "disgusted" look *lol* So crazy... It's a photo of our photo, so not a scan, that's the reason for the low quality :D)
(my picture with Ian and even though he didn't kiss me, I completely love this picture so much :D)
Next on the plan was Stephen and both - Isabel and me - had a picture with him, and so we found the Rogue girl again and she told us to just wait here, not go anywhere, because Stephen would start as soon as Ian was over, so that’s what we did.
And I didn’t feel like it took us long.
Quite the opposite.
Again we were one of the first to be let in and again I’m not sure that was the way she should have done it - completely ignoring the whole group thing - but I’m not complaining here and neither did anyone else, so I guess everyone was okay with the way the whole photo session thing was handled. And NO one waited long, no matter which group. They got the pictures done fairly quickly, even WITH all those poses, and so it really wasn’t a big deal.
I had a pose printed out for Stephen too - the cover of the Dirty Dancing movie - just in case you were wondering, and I was pretty nervous. I wasn’t scared that he wouldn’t do it, because I knew he would (he has done almost everything before), but I was still nervous.
But Stephen is so incredibly awesome and beautiful. He wore a beanie on his head while the photo shooting and looked so cute and his eyes were so blue and pretty and shining and I might have crushed on him a little bit.
Anyways… he was the ONLY one who asked basically EVERYONE who walked over to him “So, what do you wanna do? Something special?” and it was just obvious that he had SO much fun with all those poses.
I showed him the picture and it was such a funny situation to get it right because I wasn’t sure which side to stand on and everything but he tried his best and my friend Isabel (who had her picture after mine) later told me that she was completely into it and seemed to really wanna do it…
Well… he probably was…
I wasn’t… and so my picture in the end turned out completely terrible, because instead of turning my head and looking down I grinned in the camera like a stupid idiot and also, I had a HUGE double chin, which I usually DON’T have in photo ops. It was actually the first time pictures of mine turned out this awful… but yeah…
After the photo shooting Isabel and Fiona had pictures with Tyler, but we were told that it would be about 15 minutes until that started and so Isabel and me went to the Dealer’s room to check if there were already pictures printed out. And the ones with Daniel and Seth were already here.
I was excited about the one with Daniel, but not so much anymore after I got it… it was so awful and I really hated it. Both, Isabel and Fiona, tried to tell me that it’s not THAT bad, and maybe I’m “too critic”, but they cut off parts of Daniel’s face and half of my face was covered by Daniel’s leather jacket, and so I really didn’t like it and was really disappointed by it. I would even go as far as saying it was one of the worst photo ops ever.
I wasn’t really happy with the Seth picture either to be honest, because the double chin I had on my first picture with Stephen was there too. NO idea why. Maybe because it had to be taken like 3 times? I don’t know, but when I took my Seth picture the glasses were obviously causing problems for the camera and the photographer took the picture 3 times, and every time I had to put my head down further…
Anyways…
I also bought a notebook with a beautiful wolf and the Triskelion symbol on it for the autographs since I didn’t want everyone to just sign the convention booklet and also wasn’t willing to spend 50 £ on the Black/White pictures. As pretty as they are.
( completely love this spiral notebook :D)
I did buy the ones of Ian, Daniel and Holland, though, and I love them. The others weren’t THAT important for me =)
(My beautiful B/Ws :D)
After that Isabel decided to wait for Fiona since they would be taking a Tyler picture together (another “shared picture) while I told them I’d try to get into the autograph room.
I mean, I really wasn’t sure if I should even bother because they said in the announcements that if we missed our group we wouldn’t be able to get in anymore this day, and they were by far done with my group. Besides: Daniel’s panel was about to start, so that was a decision I had to make.
I just went to the door of the autograph room telling the girl there that I’m group B and that I know my group has been far over, but if I could get my autographs or if I should just come back the next day and she told me to just get in and that it would be okay. And so I did =)
It were Adam, Max, Charlie, JR and Holland writing autographs that morning (they were doing it in 2 groups) and I was told to go to Adam first, because his line was the shortest, only like 4 people in front of me. He was really nice and sweet and asked me how I was and if I’m enjoying the con. I told him the air conditioning in that room is a bit too much and that I’m really cold and he replied “Well, you should probably go find someone to warm you up then” *lol* I think I might have blushed a bit. Pretty sweet, though… =D He was the first to sign my new notebook btw.
(Adam's autograph. He was really nice and surprisingly funny :D)
After Adam I lined up for JR and before I did I asked the Rogue staff girl if I could get my photo signed and she was like “why not?” and I said “because it’s from another Con?” and she was like “Well, don’t tell that anyone and it’s gonna be okay” - so yeah. They have rules against that, but obviously no one really cared about that either, and so when it was finally my turn and I gave JR the picture he looked up at me saying “Did we take that one in France?” and I replied “No, in Austria actually, last month” and he said “Oh, that one, don’t remind me” *lol* And I was like “yeah, it was the glass sauna” and he replied “Oh yeah, sauna seems about right, it was SO hot, wasn’t it?” and I said “yes, even though I would love for it to be at least a little warmer right now” and he said “Oh, are you cold?” and I said “A little bit, because I left my cardigan in the panel room”… He then looked at our picture again saying “That is SUCH a great photo” and I told him that I really love it. And then he wrote “Much love”, looking up at me saying “There is really MUCH love in that picture” and then he underlined the word love 3 times to pronounce it even more :D
He was SO absolutely nice. And I love him so much and he’s such a great guy =)
(JR's autograph on our picture from Austria :D)
After that I lined up for Charlie (one of the Carver Twins) and he was the 2nd one I wanted to sign into the notebook I bought, and damn guys. Charlie is just the absolute cutest. Like really. The line was very long, and he talked to everyone and was so adorable. When it was finally my turn and he had the book in front of him he looked up at me saying “That’s such a beautiful flower crown. You look awesome” and I’m sure I blushed and thanked him. And then I said “You know, I mainly started watching The Leftovers because of you and Max” and he said “Really? That’s so cute. So how did you like it?” and I said “To be honest, not THAT much. And I was really anticipating your roles and then you were there in like 2 scenes and I was pretty disappointed.” And he said “Oh, I’m sorry to hear that, but I can assure you there will be much more of us the next episode and especially episode 4 will be a twin centric episode, so if you give it another try, watch at least until episode 4, because I can assure you, it’s gonna get MUCH better”. And I said “Okay, then I might just try it again and hopefully you’re right.” And he said “I get that the show is not for everyone and might be a bit confusing, but like I said, if you’re a fan of us, you’ll like episode 4”.
I then told him that I’m gonna have a “twin double” picture with him and Max tomorrow and he said “Oh, really? That’s so great” and I said “We have the perfect pose figured out and we hope you’ll be doing it” and he said “Oh God, now I’m curious. Really looking forward to tomorrow then” - so OMG, he’s seriously ADORABLE. And he wrote the longest and most personal of all autographs. He’s just really nice and sweet.
(Charlie Carver's autograph :D)
After Charlie I went over to Max - his line wasn’t THAT long anymore now - and when it was my turn I talked to him as well, telling him that I’ve already known them since “Desperate Housewives” and he said “Oh, so you’re a real fan of us?” and I said “well, you could probably say that. I was definitely excited when I heard you were in Teen Wolf and really curious about The Leftovers but you weren’t in it very much” and he ALSO said that this is going to change.
Didn’t talk with Max as much as I did with Charlie, but he was pretty cool too and SO pretty… he has such great eyes and I just loved that both - him and also Charlie - were always holding eye contact with everyone and were just so open about everything.
(The autograph of Max Carver :D)
I could have gotten Holland’s autograph that day as well, and now I almost wish I had. There was this girl - Lauren - with who I created a fanbook for her and actually we had made a “deal” to both get our Holland autographs on Sunday and she would keep the fanbook until then because she stayed in the Con Hotel and it was easier, and so I thought “okay, then I’ll wait until Sunday”…
I met with her when I left the autograph room, and got kinda pissed a little bit when she was like “by the way, I already got my autograph of Holland and talked to her for a while, so I’ll just join you tomorrow”… I mean WTF? It kinda annoyed me a bit. Had I known that I would have kept the fanbook and gotten my autograph already on Saturday because it was MUCH more relaxed and less stressed than it was on Sunday… :/ And it wasn’t really fair of her to tell ME that we would get it on Sunday and then not stick to it… but well… what can you do?
There was a lunch break after that for about 1 hour and Isabel, Fiona and me got some sandwiches in the hotel. They were really delicious. They had this bar and you could choose it all, white bread or brown bread, which salad you want in it, which filling and so on, and the price was quite okay for the size either, so that was definitely a good thing to do of Rogue (or the hotel), because we didn’t need to leave the hotel and still got enough to eat. =)
After eating we collected more pictures, the ones of Ian and Stephen were ready and while I was completely over the moon because of Ian’s pictures (they are BOTH perfect), I was so disappointed with Stephen’s. Because like I said before: While he was completely into my pose, I wasn’t… and had a huge double chin and it just looked completely terrible. I felt like crying thinking that this con would be a complete disaster picture-wise and I was almost scared for the last pictures that day. Which would be 2 photos with Holland, and another “shared one” with Isabel. I was literally freaking out that I would be looking completely awful on my 2 pictures with Holland and wasn’t sure I should really go for it, but Isabel kinda calmed me down telling me they are not THAT bad and that Holland’s would be awesome. But I was still scared.
In the afternoon there was just the one photo shooting with Holland on our “Plan” and so after having lunch and collecting our pictures Fiona, Isabel and me went back to the panel room for Holland’s panel, which would be the first this afternoon, and right afterwards it would be her photo shoot, and so we knew we could stay from beginning till the end to watch her panel because she couldn’t start making pictures until she’s done anyways… =)
She was SO fucking adorable. So tiny. So sweet. She said so many things that made me fall in love with her even more. Like for example that she doesn’t really care much for fashion and rather buys her clothes in H&M or that she hates wearing high heels. I mean, I knew that before, but she literally said she’s never gonna understand those girls that say that wearing high heels is better than wearing flats and that’s why she wore flats this day. She just hates high heels and at home would never wear them and that this is so different from the way “Lydia” is. And it’s probably one of the biggest difference. Which I get, yes. But I still love her for it, because she thinks the same way I do in this case. I just really don’t like high heels and don’t even really own them anyways.
She also says she’s VERY bad in doing make-up and that at home she basically never wears high heels. And that she always envies all those girls that are able to use eyeliner and making it look good because she can’t. If she doesn’t have her stylist with her or someone to do it for her, she’s screwed. I mean, seriously, how adorable is she?
She also said that she’s just not that much a fan of Make-up.
She also doesn’t watch a whole lot of TV, and has never read or seen Twilight, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. I wanna marry her. I really wanna marry her because it’s completely the same for me and I thought I was the very last person on earth who just hasn’t watched or read those “cult things”. She also has never seen Star Wars and such.
(my sweet, sweet Holland :D Sorry, I know I made a lot of pics :D)
Her panel was absolutely awesome and as soon as it was over Isabel and me started queuing for her photo(s), which just went by the same way it went by the other times, with the mere difference that there were TONS of people this time. So here goes Rogue’s “theory” that “no one wants the girls”. I asked Rogue before how Holland’s photo op can be cheaper than Daniel’s and JR’s ad the same price as the twins when she’s been there since episode 1 and in every episode and the others weren’t and I was told “because no one wants the girls”… well… I guess they were proven wrong. Not that I’m complaining, but I was extremely surprised to find out that her photo was “only” 20 £and so she’s one of the “cheaper” ones.
Not that Rogue was expensive at all… the singles all were from 15 to 25 £ - so quite fair prices (and a lot cheaper than for example Alpha Con)
Like I said, lots of people and we had to wait quite a bit but it didn’t feel like it was THAT long.
I was extremely nervous - like mentioned before - and I also wasn’t sure if I should really do my poses anymore but the fact that Daniel did a “proposal” pose with a GUY kind of made me think “fuck it” and so when it was my turn (I took my 2 pictures first, then the shared one with Isabel) I looked at Holland saying “Can we do a proposal pose?” and she looked at me saying “Sure, what exactly do you wanna do?” and I had a ring with me saying “I’m just kneeling down as if I’m going to propose to you” and she said “So, what do I have to do?” and I said “just look surprised or something like that” and I think she pulled that up perfectly fine. I love her “shocked” look :D
The photographer even asked me if I just wanted to have the upper part of me on my pic or everything, including the floor, and I decided for the latter and really think it turned out quite great.
Second picture I wanted a “Hug with holding hands” and I also like that one very much. I think Holland looks so adorable. Her smile is just sweet.
But seriously, she is SO tiny, it’s amazing, and her hands are even smaller than mine, and that says a lot since I have VERY small hands :D
3rd picture was the one with Isabel and we decided for a “Charlie’s Angel’s” pose… I really don’t think Holland knows what exactly we wanted, but she tried. I found out later that whenever someone asked her to do that she held her hands like that. Which is kinda adorable, but doesn’t exactly look like she’s holding a gun *lol* I still think, awwwwwwwwww, cute :D
(My 3 photo ops with Holland, 3rd is - again - a photo of a photo :D)
Next “plan” were the autographs - it was Tyler, Daniel, Stephen, Seth and Ian writing autographs that afternoon - and so right after the picture with Holland we went in to get some autographs done. Seth was most important since he would only be there on Saturday, but he was also the “most distant” I would say… I went to him first and when it was my turn it was said “no dedications” and so on and they kinda rushed Seth’s autographs through a lot. He barely looked at me, just scribbling his name into my book and that was it. No “hello”, no “good-bye”, but like I said, it probably was due to the fact that they had to get everyone through since Seth was included in the ticket price and of course everyone wanted to get his auto.
(Seth Gillam autograph - it's just his signature, nothing else :D)
I went to Daniel next, and I already said it before: This guy is ADORABLE. When it was my turn, and I gave him the picture of Alpha Con he laughed out loud saying “Oh my god, that’s such an awesome picture. It turned out great, didn’t it?” and I said “yes, I completely love it”. He also thanked me AGAIN for the book and I asked him if he had time to read through all the messages. He told me that he read it all on his flight back from Vienna and that he’s still so touched and overwhelmed that people would do that for him because it sure as hell must have been a lot of work. He’s just really awesome and I’m glad I bought his autograph. I would have regretted it if I hadn’t gotten it.
(I could not love him more :) He's awesome!!)
Last for this day was Ian (I didn’t have autographs of Tyler and Stephen since I didn’t have enough money to buy them either) and I also wanted to let him sign the picture of Alpha Con. When it was my part and he saw me he said “Hello again, so nice to see you again” and I told him that “I’m really happy about that too” :) He looked at the picture saying “That one turned out great” and I agreed with him. I also asked him if filming for “Chicago PD” has already started again and he told me that it’ll happen “in two weeks” and that for this reason he can’t tell me anything but that he hopes I’m gonna like season 2. I told him that as long as the show keeps being as good as it is I’m sure that I will and that I’m looking forward to seeing more of him. He then said “So I guess I’ll see you tomorrow?” and I said “Probably not, I don’t have pictures and autographs of you anymore” and he said “Aww… I’m sure I’ll see you around” and then I left, being completely “in love” with him again… *lol* Not that this is new, but that guy is absolutely great.
(He obviously thinks I'm lovely :D)
On another note: I don’t know when exactly it happened but at SOME point during the autographs (I think I was lining up for Ian) JR entered the room running around singing “Baby Monkey, Baby Monkey” like 10 times, first quietly then louder and louder. Most hilarious thing ever. But of course no one really understood, and when he was “loud enough” Daniel FINALLY caught up on it and JR was “Baby Monkey”, Daniel “replied” with “Woop, woop” and JR again “Baby Monkey” and Daniel “Woop, Woop” *lol* JR then explained that Daniel had found this video on Youtube and showed it to him and that since then they were kinda singing it all day. OMG, really. Those guys!
No other “plans” for this evening and Isabel was done too around the same time so Isabel and me just went back to the panel room to spend the rest of the day there, or rather the rest of the panels. We caught the end of Adam’s panel (that guy is freaking funny!) and then saw the whole panels of Charlie and JR.
(Adam Fristoe's panel - he's really funny :D)
Charlie is - like I mentioned before - amazing and said so many great things. Like for example he told us he and Max are not only twins but “mirror twins”, which means Charlie is right handed, Max is left handed, and every birth mark, everything that’s on Charlie’s right side is “mirrored” with Max. I never even know something like that existed, so I was kinda surprised. It was interesting. He also said that he and his brother have done lots of projects together but that at some point he’d also like for them to work apart from each other and that Max has filmed a movie without him and such.
I really enjoyed watching is panel and he seemed to really enjoy being on the stage and answering all those questions.
And I seriously had to laugh SO hard when he was asked about “Dethan” (Danny/Ethan) and their scenes and he told us that the “Motel California” room scenes was one of the first real “hot” scenes they had together, and he said - I kid you not - “There were so many hard things in that scene” - and the whole room was bursting out in laughter while he just went on talking for a few seconds until he was like “Did I say something funny?” and then he obviously “replayed” it in his head and was like “OH MY GOD, NO! No, no, no, no, no! I really didn’t mean it that way” :D *lol* But it was SO funny and he was SO proud of having this part because in his opinion it’s such an important storyline. He said that he really loved the fact that Danny is not reduced to his sexuality and that he isn’t treated any differently just because he’s gay.
That storyline meant a lot to him and he really enjoyed working with Keahu and had so many nice things to say about him.
Such a great guy. Really.
(Charlie Carver Panel :D)
(This one happened towards the end of Charlie's panel *lol* I thought it was funny :D)
Last panel for that day was JR’s, and OH MY GOD. My stomach hurt from laughing so hard during that panel. This guy is SO hilarious. And just the best. He’s so funny and awesome and he seems to have a lot of humour.
At some point there was someone asking him how he likes the “Peter/Chris” pairing and from there everything “fell apart”… seriously, it was the most funny thing ever. So whoever that was kinda introduced him to that pairing and during the convention he obviously kinda fell in love with him. He even said that it would be SO much fun filming that and that he would totally do it. He also tried to come up with pairing names and his favourite was “Cheter” *lol* That’s how he called it all weekend. He also wanted to know what people thought about them and this one girl thought in her “Head Canon” (which he later called “Head Candy” because he forgot the word Canon) was that they went to school together and know each other for a long time. And Chris said something like that everything’s possible in “Teen Wolf”.
He was also asked if he thinks those 2 could make a good couple and he thinks that they could be kinda explosive and would probably try to kill each other in the beginning but that he likes the things people come up with.
Such a funny and great panel and so fun.
He was also asked where Isaac was and if he just left him there and JR was like “In the woods? I assure you, he’s fine, I didn’t leave him at the side of the street or something, I left him with my… let’s called them associates” *lol* OMG, seriously. He pronounced “associates” and even drew quotation marks in the air. I mean, he obviously wanted this to be ambiguous.
(Pictures from JR's panel :D)
After that Isabel, Fiona and me collected the rest of our pictures (aka the Holland ones) and I was SO relieved because they turned out really good. They were basically the only ones that day I was really happy with, so at least something.
Because I was SO extremely unhappy I decided to just ask Rogue to get a re-take. I mean, I had nothing to lose, right? And so I talked to one of the staff members (I think her name was Donna) and she wasn’t THAT nice about it, saying that this is my fault and that the photographer doesn’t know what I want in my picture whatsoever. She pointed to Wayne saying “If it was me, I would say no, but just ask Wayne” - which I did, and he was extremely in a good mood and nice and told me that he can’t make a decision right now, but that he gets my point and that I should just find him tomorrow morning and we would see if there’s something he can do. Which gave me a bit of hope. I mean, he could have said “no” right away, but he didn’t, so I was really praying that I could re-take at least one of those pictures… :)
We hung around in the hotel for a while longer and then decided to get back to the hotel, get something to eat and maybe get ready for the party, but then we ended up not going at all, because we were all extremely tired and exhausted.
So we just stayed in the hotel, talking and having fun…
I was also messaging with a friend on Facebook and we were WhatsApp-ing with Kasia and well… let’s just say sleep deprivation is never good for me. I probably acted like a crazy drunk. We came up with all those things and our dirty thoughts got the best of us… like I remembered all of a sudden how Isabel made me look at Ian’s crotch while we were waiting for our picture with him to be taken and such and yeah… some REALLY crazy stuff came up *lol* That’s something that happens when I didn’t get enough (or any) sleep. Just with the difference that unlike a drunk I remember everything *lol*
But it was a nice evening and after taking a shower and everything we went to bed and got to sleep around I think 11:30.
And fortunately this night I was FINALLY able to really sleep. I guess I was just way too exhausted and “dropped dead” at some point. And fortunately we didn’t have to get up THAT early for the next day, so that was a good things =)
Sunday will come tomorrow :D Sorry for the length.
Like I already said: I didn’t sleep a minute that night and I’m really surprised that I didn’t feel the exhaustion that much after I was finally dressed and we were all ready to go. Which was around 8:30 or something like that…
We didn’t think we needed to be THAT early, but we wanted to check out the Dealer’s room before the Opening Ceremony. Which we did as soon as we arrived at the Hilton Hotel. They had started to sell coffee lounges when we arrived there around 9 and for a moment there I was considering getting one but when I saw the long line I didn’t…
So just as an info: I didn’t buy a single coffee lounge that weekend, although some of them didn’t even sell out and I probably could have, but I didn’t want to put myself into even more stress and thought the money would be better spent on pictures and such, so there’s that… ;-)
I was extremely worried I have to say since the Autographs on Saturday morning would clash with the photo shoots completely and I had no idea how I could make it all work.
Especially when they started with announcements and said that everything was called in group and everyone had to just get to autographs/shootings etc. when their group gets called. Not earlier. They also said that photos would get called in the “backwards direction”, starting with K (which personally, I thought would be kind of unfair) while autographs would call in the “right” direction starting with Upgrades and A. It sounded all REALLY confusing and I had NO idea if I could get all of this done and HOW so to speak.
I was group B and they also said that the first photo shooting of that day - the one with Daniel - would start later because he’s not there yet and that there will be absolutely no queuing in the hallways or they would be shutting down the whole convention, so all of this sounded REALLY serious.
After the announcement they started the opening ceremony introducing all the guests on stage and let me tell you: They were many *lol* I mean, 10 guests. I didn’t manage to get them on one photo altogether. My camera can’t do those panorama shoots and so yeah… I had to take 2 pictures to get them all… but they looked so good and it made me so happy to see all of them and really excited.
(Announcements)
(Opening Ceremony)
But I was also nervous about Daniel’s shooting since it would be the first one to happen. During Tyler’s panel, which started right after the opening ceremony.
Seriously, this guy is SUCH a sunshine and he makes me smile so much whenever he opens his mouth. I know this sounds probably stupid but I don’t feel attracted to him a “oh my god he’s so hot” way. I mean, he is good looking and I really like him and I like his smile and everything, but it’s not that “OMG, I’m blown away” feeling I have with - for example - Daniel. But I really, really love him and I love the answers he gives.
I was starting to get nervous when - against what they said - no announcements came on the screen, really feeling anxious to miss Daniel’s shooting, and so in between the panel I got up and looked for a Rogue Staff member. I found Flash and he told me not to worry and just to keep seated because they WOULD announce everything but Daniel was running late and he hadn’t even started, so I shouldn’t worry.
(Tyler's Panel on Saturday - just a couple of pics :D)
Believe me when I tell you, a huge sigh of relief left me when the first announcement came on the screen (which was Upgrades and Group K should come to the shooting). It felt like forever - though - until they FINALLY, after calling group E for the shooting, wrote “All groups called for Daniel Shooting” and I could go there. I left my bag at the seat with Isabel and Fiona, since neither of them had photos with Daniel, neither Seth, who would have his shooting right after him.
I was quite sure, if it would go this way all the time I would probably see a lot of the panels. Oh how wrong I was.
I did manage to watch most of Tyler’s panel, though… but of course I missed everything else that happened this morning, which were Stephen’s panel, Seth’s panel, Ian’s panel and Daniel’s panels, but I mean, that’s okay, I think.
I started lining up for Daniel in the room and he was of course already pretty busy doing poses and I actually had a pose chosen for our picture and printed out. The closer I got to him, the more nervous I got. Especially seeing how close the photographer was and how rushed it seemed. But not rushed enough not to pose. At least that’s something.
Rogue put up some “rules” before the convention writing something like “no posing at all at the photo shoots” but somehow they didn’t follow through with that rule. FORTUNATELY. Because seriously. I had 2 pictures with Holland and such and I really didn’t wanna just switch sides or something like that.
Anyways… when I walked over to Daniel he smiled at me, saying “Hello again!” and I said “You remember me?” and he replied “Of course I remember you, how could I not?” - OMG, I think my heart skipped a beat in that moment. He asked me what I wanted to do and I showed him the pose. Which was supposed to be him wrapping me in his arms really tightly. Like he did with Allison in that volt in Season 3. That was also the pose I showed him. But in the “original” picture he was supposed to have his hand on my head, but he was scared to mess up my flowers and so he said he would just hold me really tight and I squished against him and well… it felt good to be held so tight. I even remembered to have my hands against his chest and not around him and so I felt pretty confident about the picture itself, hoping it would be good. Which in the end it wasn’t, but more about that later.
Before I left he said “Thanks again for the fanbook” and I said “I hope you liked it” and he replied “I really, really loved it. And I appreciated it so much. It’s so awesome how you put everything together. I was over the moon. Like seriously.
(I took a handy photo of my 1st photo op with Daniel, but like I said, I really didn't like it very much and was unhappy with it mostly!)
Before I left I got a card and they told me I would need it later to collect my picture, and only after I had left the room I noticed that they must have made a mistake because it was a key card for some room *lol* I put it in my bag, though, deciding to ask them later.
I found a Rogue Steward telling her that I had another shooting right after this one - the one with Seth - asking her what to do. If I should just wait or go back into the panel room and wait for the announcements.
She told me to get back into the Panel room and just come back in 15 to 20 minutes. Which of course was okay and this way I caught parts of Stephen’s panel. God, that guy is SO funny and sweet and adorable. I don’t remember anything in particular. But I do know that he was just as great as everyone else that weekend.
(A few pictures taking during Stephen's panel :D)
Obviously Rogue hasn’t sold that many Seth pictures because instead of announcing the groups - like they did with Daniel - they wrote on the screen “All groups get to the Seth Shooting” - so after the announcements I left Fiona and Izzie again (leaving my bag there) to get my Seth picture. And there REALLY weren’t that many people when I walked over and lined up.
Basically NO ONE was doing any pose. Most of the people just stood next to him, not even getting a hug and so I was REALLY insecure if I should ask him for ANYTHING. I hadn’t printed out a pose or anything like that, mostly because I just didn’t know how cool he would be with it, since he hasn’t really done conventions before, but I wanted at least a hug. And the closer I got to him, the more insecure I got. Damn it *lol*
When it was finally my turn I DID look at him and he smiled at me and I said “I don’t know if you’re up for any poses or such but I’d really like a hug from behind” and he replied with “Why wouldn’t I be?” and I said “Because you didn’t before” and he said “Because no one asked me for anything” - so yeah, that’s one way to put it *lol* So I was just happy when he went for it and hugged me from behind. Damn, it felt really good to be held in his strong arms, and he’s really strong and held on pretty tightly. I thanked him, told him he was awesome and he said that this is really nice to say and then I left, collected my card (this time the real one. It just said “Saturday shooting, Group G” - which is basically the “SD Card” they used for the printing. It was easy to find each picture that way since later for collecting them they had different “piles” and all put a post it with the letter above it… so yeah, I thought that was a really awesome way to do it and no one had to search for long.
(not really happy with my huge double chin and everything on this picture...)
After leaving the photo shoot room, I AGAIN walked up to the Rogue girl (the same than before) asking her if I should do it like last time again, but she told me Seth would be done within minutes and that they would get right on with Ian. That if I left I should be back pretty soon and so yeah… I went to the panel room, telling Fiona and Isabel that we probably should get going since Ian’s shooting would start soon. And so we all grabbed our bags (everyone of us had a picture with him) and then got into the hallway, where we found out that Seth was already done and Ian would be here soon.
I am NOT really sure it was the right way to handle the shootings, but that Rogue girl was probably supposed to be letting people in in groups again, but somehow she didn’t. She didn’t even ask for groups when people were let into the room (they made a queue in S-form, so there were a lot of people in the room at once) but we were pretty much at the front of the line.
I had another picture printed out for my Ian pose, and Isabel “shared” one Ian picture with me. She hadn’t planned on getting an Ian picture before the Con and she wouldn’t have been able to afford one all by herself and so she asked me if I was willing to pay 10 £ and get in the picture with her (which is definitely possible with Rogue and you still only need 1 coupon, but only get 1 photo either), and OF COURSE I was… I mean, it meant 2 pictures with Ian.
We had already figured out a pose for our “double” either… and were pretty excited to get it done. And when it was our turn I walked up first for my picture with Ian. I wanted a “Hayley/Elijah” pose (kind of) with Ian kissing me on the forehead and he said “I’d love to do that, really, but I’m not allowed to kiss” (which I don’t know WHY, because most of the other guys DID kiss, so yeah, but I guess everyone has his own “rules” with the management), and so I said “Okay, it’s fine, wanna do something else then?” and he said “Well, we can do the pose and I just act as if I’m about to kiss you” - and I said “yeah, sure” - and seriously, I’m SO happy with that pose. It looks really good and the look on Ian’s face… he did a damn fine job.
Next Isabel walked up to us and we told Ian that we had another picture, this time together and since we didn’t know how to describe the pose, we had it printed out as well. It was basically Ian holding me really tight and Isabel trying to pull him away from me. That picture turned out PERFECTLY. Like seriously. I laughed my ass off when we collected it :D (Isabel has the physical copy but I took a picture of the picture) - Ian is REALLY the absolute best.
(my double picture with Isabel and Ian :D I just love his "disgusted" look *lol* So crazy... It's a photo of our photo, so not a scan, that's the reason for the low quality :D)
(my picture with Ian and even though he didn't kiss me, I completely love this picture so much :D)
Next on the plan was Stephen and both - Isabel and me - had a picture with him, and so we found the Rogue girl again and she told us to just wait here, not go anywhere, because Stephen would start as soon as Ian was over, so that’s what we did.
And I didn’t feel like it took us long.
Quite the opposite.
Again we were one of the first to be let in and again I’m not sure that was the way she should have done it - completely ignoring the whole group thing - but I’m not complaining here and neither did anyone else, so I guess everyone was okay with the way the whole photo session thing was handled. And NO one waited long, no matter which group. They got the pictures done fairly quickly, even WITH all those poses, and so it really wasn’t a big deal.
I had a pose printed out for Stephen too - the cover of the Dirty Dancing movie - just in case you were wondering, and I was pretty nervous. I wasn’t scared that he wouldn’t do it, because I knew he would (he has done almost everything before), but I was still nervous.
But Stephen is so incredibly awesome and beautiful. He wore a beanie on his head while the photo shooting and looked so cute and his eyes were so blue and pretty and shining and I might have crushed on him a little bit.
Anyways… he was the ONLY one who asked basically EVERYONE who walked over to him “So, what do you wanna do? Something special?” and it was just obvious that he had SO much fun with all those poses.
I showed him the picture and it was such a funny situation to get it right because I wasn’t sure which side to stand on and everything but he tried his best and my friend Isabel (who had her picture after mine) later told me that she was completely into it and seemed to really wanna do it…
Well… he probably was…
I wasn’t… and so my picture in the end turned out completely terrible, because instead of turning my head and looking down I grinned in the camera like a stupid idiot and also, I had a HUGE double chin, which I usually DON’T have in photo ops. It was actually the first time pictures of mine turned out this awful… but yeah…
After the photo shooting Isabel and Fiona had pictures with Tyler, but we were told that it would be about 15 minutes until that started and so Isabel and me went to the Dealer’s room to check if there were already pictures printed out. And the ones with Daniel and Seth were already here.
I was excited about the one with Daniel, but not so much anymore after I got it… it was so awful and I really hated it. Both, Isabel and Fiona, tried to tell me that it’s not THAT bad, and maybe I’m “too critic”, but they cut off parts of Daniel’s face and half of my face was covered by Daniel’s leather jacket, and so I really didn’t like it and was really disappointed by it. I would even go as far as saying it was one of the worst photo ops ever.
I wasn’t really happy with the Seth picture either to be honest, because the double chin I had on my first picture with Stephen was there too. NO idea why. Maybe because it had to be taken like 3 times? I don’t know, but when I took my Seth picture the glasses were obviously causing problems for the camera and the photographer took the picture 3 times, and every time I had to put my head down further…
Anyways…
I also bought a notebook with a beautiful wolf and the Triskelion symbol on it for the autographs since I didn’t want everyone to just sign the convention booklet and also wasn’t willing to spend 50 £ on the Black/White pictures. As pretty as they are.
( completely love this spiral notebook :D)
I did buy the ones of Ian, Daniel and Holland, though, and I love them. The others weren’t THAT important for me =)
(My beautiful B/Ws :D)
After that Isabel decided to wait for Fiona since they would be taking a Tyler picture together (another “shared picture) while I told them I’d try to get into the autograph room.
I mean, I really wasn’t sure if I should even bother because they said in the announcements that if we missed our group we wouldn’t be able to get in anymore this day, and they were by far done with my group. Besides: Daniel’s panel was about to start, so that was a decision I had to make.
I just went to the door of the autograph room telling the girl there that I’m group B and that I know my group has been far over, but if I could get my autographs or if I should just come back the next day and she told me to just get in and that it would be okay. And so I did =)
It were Adam, Max, Charlie, JR and Holland writing autographs that morning (they were doing it in 2 groups) and I was told to go to Adam first, because his line was the shortest, only like 4 people in front of me. He was really nice and sweet and asked me how I was and if I’m enjoying the con. I told him the air conditioning in that room is a bit too much and that I’m really cold and he replied “Well, you should probably go find someone to warm you up then” *lol* I think I might have blushed a bit. Pretty sweet, though… =D He was the first to sign my new notebook btw.
(Adam's autograph. He was really nice and surprisingly funny :D)
After Adam I lined up for JR and before I did I asked the Rogue staff girl if I could get my photo signed and she was like “why not?” and I said “because it’s from another Con?” and she was like “Well, don’t tell that anyone and it’s gonna be okay” - so yeah. They have rules against that, but obviously no one really cared about that either, and so when it was finally my turn and I gave JR the picture he looked up at me saying “Did we take that one in France?” and I replied “No, in Austria actually, last month” and he said “Oh, that one, don’t remind me” *lol* And I was like “yeah, it was the glass sauna” and he replied “Oh yeah, sauna seems about right, it was SO hot, wasn’t it?” and I said “yes, even though I would love for it to be at least a little warmer right now” and he said “Oh, are you cold?” and I said “A little bit, because I left my cardigan in the panel room”… He then looked at our picture again saying “That is SUCH a great photo” and I told him that I really love it. And then he wrote “Much love”, looking up at me saying “There is really MUCH love in that picture” and then he underlined the word love 3 times to pronounce it even more :D
He was SO absolutely nice. And I love him so much and he’s such a great guy =)
(JR's autograph on our picture from Austria :D)
After that I lined up for Charlie (one of the Carver Twins) and he was the 2nd one I wanted to sign into the notebook I bought, and damn guys. Charlie is just the absolute cutest. Like really. The line was very long, and he talked to everyone and was so adorable. When it was finally my turn and he had the book in front of him he looked up at me saying “That’s such a beautiful flower crown. You look awesome” and I’m sure I blushed and thanked him. And then I said “You know, I mainly started watching The Leftovers because of you and Max” and he said “Really? That’s so cute. So how did you like it?” and I said “To be honest, not THAT much. And I was really anticipating your roles and then you were there in like 2 scenes and I was pretty disappointed.” And he said “Oh, I’m sorry to hear that, but I can assure you there will be much more of us the next episode and especially episode 4 will be a twin centric episode, so if you give it another try, watch at least until episode 4, because I can assure you, it’s gonna get MUCH better”. And I said “Okay, then I might just try it again and hopefully you’re right.” And he said “I get that the show is not for everyone and might be a bit confusing, but like I said, if you’re a fan of us, you’ll like episode 4”.
I then told him that I’m gonna have a “twin double” picture with him and Max tomorrow and he said “Oh, really? That’s so great” and I said “We have the perfect pose figured out and we hope you’ll be doing it” and he said “Oh God, now I’m curious. Really looking forward to tomorrow then” - so OMG, he’s seriously ADORABLE. And he wrote the longest and most personal of all autographs. He’s just really nice and sweet.
(Charlie Carver's autograph :D)
After Charlie I went over to Max - his line wasn’t THAT long anymore now - and when it was my turn I talked to him as well, telling him that I’ve already known them since “Desperate Housewives” and he said “Oh, so you’re a real fan of us?” and I said “well, you could probably say that. I was definitely excited when I heard you were in Teen Wolf and really curious about The Leftovers but you weren’t in it very much” and he ALSO said that this is going to change.
Didn’t talk with Max as much as I did with Charlie, but he was pretty cool too and SO pretty… he has such great eyes and I just loved that both - him and also Charlie - were always holding eye contact with everyone and were just so open about everything.
(The autograph of Max Carver :D)
I could have gotten Holland’s autograph that day as well, and now I almost wish I had. There was this girl - Lauren - with who I created a fanbook for her and actually we had made a “deal” to both get our Holland autographs on Sunday and she would keep the fanbook until then because she stayed in the Con Hotel and it was easier, and so I thought “okay, then I’ll wait until Sunday”…
I met with her when I left the autograph room, and got kinda pissed a little bit when she was like “by the way, I already got my autograph of Holland and talked to her for a while, so I’ll just join you tomorrow”… I mean WTF? It kinda annoyed me a bit. Had I known that I would have kept the fanbook and gotten my autograph already on Saturday because it was MUCH more relaxed and less stressed than it was on Sunday… :/ And it wasn’t really fair of her to tell ME that we would get it on Sunday and then not stick to it… but well… what can you do?
There was a lunch break after that for about 1 hour and Isabel, Fiona and me got some sandwiches in the hotel. They were really delicious. They had this bar and you could choose it all, white bread or brown bread, which salad you want in it, which filling and so on, and the price was quite okay for the size either, so that was definitely a good thing to do of Rogue (or the hotel), because we didn’t need to leave the hotel and still got enough to eat. =)
After eating we collected more pictures, the ones of Ian and Stephen were ready and while I was completely over the moon because of Ian’s pictures (they are BOTH perfect), I was so disappointed with Stephen’s. Because like I said before: While he was completely into my pose, I wasn’t… and had a huge double chin and it just looked completely terrible. I felt like crying thinking that this con would be a complete disaster picture-wise and I was almost scared for the last pictures that day. Which would be 2 photos with Holland, and another “shared one” with Isabel. I was literally freaking out that I would be looking completely awful on my 2 pictures with Holland and wasn’t sure I should really go for it, but Isabel kinda calmed me down telling me they are not THAT bad and that Holland’s would be awesome. But I was still scared.
In the afternoon there was just the one photo shooting with Holland on our “Plan” and so after having lunch and collecting our pictures Fiona, Isabel and me went back to the panel room for Holland’s panel, which would be the first this afternoon, and right afterwards it would be her photo shoot, and so we knew we could stay from beginning till the end to watch her panel because she couldn’t start making pictures until she’s done anyways… =)
She was SO fucking adorable. So tiny. So sweet. She said so many things that made me fall in love with her even more. Like for example that she doesn’t really care much for fashion and rather buys her clothes in H&M or that she hates wearing high heels. I mean, I knew that before, but she literally said she’s never gonna understand those girls that say that wearing high heels is better than wearing flats and that’s why she wore flats this day. She just hates high heels and at home would never wear them and that this is so different from the way “Lydia” is. And it’s probably one of the biggest difference. Which I get, yes. But I still love her for it, because she thinks the same way I do in this case. I just really don’t like high heels and don’t even really own them anyways.
She also says she’s VERY bad in doing make-up and that at home she basically never wears high heels. And that she always envies all those girls that are able to use eyeliner and making it look good because she can’t. If she doesn’t have her stylist with her or someone to do it for her, she’s screwed. I mean, seriously, how adorable is she?
She also said that she’s just not that much a fan of Make-up.
She also doesn’t watch a whole lot of TV, and has never read or seen Twilight, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. I wanna marry her. I really wanna marry her because it’s completely the same for me and I thought I was the very last person on earth who just hasn’t watched or read those “cult things”. She also has never seen Star Wars and such.
(my sweet, sweet Holland :D Sorry, I know I made a lot of pics :D)
Her panel was absolutely awesome and as soon as it was over Isabel and me started queuing for her photo(s), which just went by the same way it went by the other times, with the mere difference that there were TONS of people this time. So here goes Rogue’s “theory” that “no one wants the girls”. I asked Rogue before how Holland’s photo op can be cheaper than Daniel’s and JR’s ad the same price as the twins when she’s been there since episode 1 and in every episode and the others weren’t and I was told “because no one wants the girls”… well… I guess they were proven wrong. Not that I’m complaining, but I was extremely surprised to find out that her photo was “only” 20 £and so she’s one of the “cheaper” ones.
Not that Rogue was expensive at all… the singles all were from 15 to 25 £ - so quite fair prices (and a lot cheaper than for example Alpha Con)
Like I said, lots of people and we had to wait quite a bit but it didn’t feel like it was THAT long.
I was extremely nervous - like mentioned before - and I also wasn’t sure if I should really do my poses anymore but the fact that Daniel did a “proposal” pose with a GUY kind of made me think “fuck it” and so when it was my turn (I took my 2 pictures first, then the shared one with Isabel) I looked at Holland saying “Can we do a proposal pose?” and she looked at me saying “Sure, what exactly do you wanna do?” and I had a ring with me saying “I’m just kneeling down as if I’m going to propose to you” and she said “So, what do I have to do?” and I said “just look surprised or something like that” and I think she pulled that up perfectly fine. I love her “shocked” look :D
The photographer even asked me if I just wanted to have the upper part of me on my pic or everything, including the floor, and I decided for the latter and really think it turned out quite great.
Second picture I wanted a “Hug with holding hands” and I also like that one very much. I think Holland looks so adorable. Her smile is just sweet.
But seriously, she is SO tiny, it’s amazing, and her hands are even smaller than mine, and that says a lot since I have VERY small hands :D
3rd picture was the one with Isabel and we decided for a “Charlie’s Angel’s” pose… I really don’t think Holland knows what exactly we wanted, but she tried. I found out later that whenever someone asked her to do that she held her hands like that. Which is kinda adorable, but doesn’t exactly look like she’s holding a gun *lol* I still think, awwwwwwwwww, cute :D
(My 3 photo ops with Holland, 3rd is - again - a photo of a photo :D)
Next “plan” were the autographs - it was Tyler, Daniel, Stephen, Seth and Ian writing autographs that afternoon - and so right after the picture with Holland we went in to get some autographs done. Seth was most important since he would only be there on Saturday, but he was also the “most distant” I would say… I went to him first and when it was my turn it was said “no dedications” and so on and they kinda rushed Seth’s autographs through a lot. He barely looked at me, just scribbling his name into my book and that was it. No “hello”, no “good-bye”, but like I said, it probably was due to the fact that they had to get everyone through since Seth was included in the ticket price and of course everyone wanted to get his auto.
(Seth Gillam autograph - it's just his signature, nothing else :D)
I went to Daniel next, and I already said it before: This guy is ADORABLE. When it was my turn, and I gave him the picture of Alpha Con he laughed out loud saying “Oh my god, that’s such an awesome picture. It turned out great, didn’t it?” and I said “yes, I completely love it”. He also thanked me AGAIN for the book and I asked him if he had time to read through all the messages. He told me that he read it all on his flight back from Vienna and that he’s still so touched and overwhelmed that people would do that for him because it sure as hell must have been a lot of work. He’s just really awesome and I’m glad I bought his autograph. I would have regretted it if I hadn’t gotten it.
(I could not love him more :) He's awesome!!)
Last for this day was Ian (I didn’t have autographs of Tyler and Stephen since I didn’t have enough money to buy them either) and I also wanted to let him sign the picture of Alpha Con. When it was my part and he saw me he said “Hello again, so nice to see you again” and I told him that “I’m really happy about that too” :) He looked at the picture saying “That one turned out great” and I agreed with him. I also asked him if filming for “Chicago PD” has already started again and he told me that it’ll happen “in two weeks” and that for this reason he can’t tell me anything but that he hopes I’m gonna like season 2. I told him that as long as the show keeps being as good as it is I’m sure that I will and that I’m looking forward to seeing more of him. He then said “So I guess I’ll see you tomorrow?” and I said “Probably not, I don’t have pictures and autographs of you anymore” and he said “Aww… I’m sure I’ll see you around” and then I left, being completely “in love” with him again… *lol* Not that this is new, but that guy is absolutely great.
(He obviously thinks I'm lovely :D)
On another note: I don’t know when exactly it happened but at SOME point during the autographs (I think I was lining up for Ian) JR entered the room running around singing “Baby Monkey, Baby Monkey” like 10 times, first quietly then louder and louder. Most hilarious thing ever. But of course no one really understood, and when he was “loud enough” Daniel FINALLY caught up on it and JR was “Baby Monkey”, Daniel “replied” with “Woop, woop” and JR again “Baby Monkey” and Daniel “Woop, Woop” *lol* JR then explained that Daniel had found this video on Youtube and showed it to him and that since then they were kinda singing it all day. OMG, really. Those guys!
No other “plans” for this evening and Isabel was done too around the same time so Isabel and me just went back to the panel room to spend the rest of the day there, or rather the rest of the panels. We caught the end of Adam’s panel (that guy is freaking funny!) and then saw the whole panels of Charlie and JR.
(Adam Fristoe's panel - he's really funny :D)
Charlie is - like I mentioned before - amazing and said so many great things. Like for example he told us he and Max are not only twins but “mirror twins”, which means Charlie is right handed, Max is left handed, and every birth mark, everything that’s on Charlie’s right side is “mirrored” with Max. I never even know something like that existed, so I was kinda surprised. It was interesting. He also said that he and his brother have done lots of projects together but that at some point he’d also like for them to work apart from each other and that Max has filmed a movie without him and such.
I really enjoyed watching is panel and he seemed to really enjoy being on the stage and answering all those questions.
And I seriously had to laugh SO hard when he was asked about “Dethan” (Danny/Ethan) and their scenes and he told us that the “Motel California” room scenes was one of the first real “hot” scenes they had together, and he said - I kid you not - “There were so many hard things in that scene” - and the whole room was bursting out in laughter while he just went on talking for a few seconds until he was like “Did I say something funny?” and then he obviously “replayed” it in his head and was like “OH MY GOD, NO! No, no, no, no, no! I really didn’t mean it that way” :D *lol* But it was SO funny and he was SO proud of having this part because in his opinion it’s such an important storyline. He said that he really loved the fact that Danny is not reduced to his sexuality and that he isn’t treated any differently just because he’s gay.
That storyline meant a lot to him and he really enjoyed working with Keahu and had so many nice things to say about him.
Such a great guy. Really.
(Charlie Carver Panel :D)
(This one happened towards the end of Charlie's panel *lol* I thought it was funny :D)
Last panel for that day was JR’s, and OH MY GOD. My stomach hurt from laughing so hard during that panel. This guy is SO hilarious. And just the best. He’s so funny and awesome and he seems to have a lot of humour.
At some point there was someone asking him how he likes the “Peter/Chris” pairing and from there everything “fell apart”… seriously, it was the most funny thing ever. So whoever that was kinda introduced him to that pairing and during the convention he obviously kinda fell in love with him. He even said that it would be SO much fun filming that and that he would totally do it. He also tried to come up with pairing names and his favourite was “Cheter” *lol* That’s how he called it all weekend. He also wanted to know what people thought about them and this one girl thought in her “Head Canon” (which he later called “Head Candy” because he forgot the word Canon) was that they went to school together and know each other for a long time. And Chris said something like that everything’s possible in “Teen Wolf”.
He was also asked if he thinks those 2 could make a good couple and he thinks that they could be kinda explosive and would probably try to kill each other in the beginning but that he likes the things people come up with.
Such a funny and great panel and so fun.
He was also asked where Isaac was and if he just left him there and JR was like “In the woods? I assure you, he’s fine, I didn’t leave him at the side of the street or something, I left him with my… let’s called them associates” *lol* OMG, seriously. He pronounced “associates” and even drew quotation marks in the air. I mean, he obviously wanted this to be ambiguous.
(Pictures from JR's panel :D)
After that Isabel, Fiona and me collected the rest of our pictures (aka the Holland ones) and I was SO relieved because they turned out really good. They were basically the only ones that day I was really happy with, so at least something.
Because I was SO extremely unhappy I decided to just ask Rogue to get a re-take. I mean, I had nothing to lose, right? And so I talked to one of the staff members (I think her name was Donna) and she wasn’t THAT nice about it, saying that this is my fault and that the photographer doesn’t know what I want in my picture whatsoever. She pointed to Wayne saying “If it was me, I would say no, but just ask Wayne” - which I did, and he was extremely in a good mood and nice and told me that he can’t make a decision right now, but that he gets my point and that I should just find him tomorrow morning and we would see if there’s something he can do. Which gave me a bit of hope. I mean, he could have said “no” right away, but he didn’t, so I was really praying that I could re-take at least one of those pictures… :)
We hung around in the hotel for a while longer and then decided to get back to the hotel, get something to eat and maybe get ready for the party, but then we ended up not going at all, because we were all extremely tired and exhausted.
So we just stayed in the hotel, talking and having fun…
I was also messaging with a friend on Facebook and we were WhatsApp-ing with Kasia and well… let’s just say sleep deprivation is never good for me. I probably acted like a crazy drunk. We came up with all those things and our dirty thoughts got the best of us… like I remembered all of a sudden how Isabel made me look at Ian’s crotch while we were waiting for our picture with him to be taken and such and yeah… some REALLY crazy stuff came up *lol* That’s something that happens when I didn’t get enough (or any) sleep. Just with the difference that unlike a drunk I remember everything *lol*
But it was a nice evening and after taking a shower and everything we went to bed and got to sleep around I think 11:30.
And fortunately this night I was FINALLY able to really sleep. I guess I was just way too exhausted and “dropped dead” at some point. And fortunately we didn’t have to get up THAT early for the next day, so that was a good things =)
Sunday will come tomorrow :D Sorry for the length.